Bouchareb backs Sisters

French-Algerian helmer-producerRachid Bouchareb is set to produce “Meurtre entre soeurs,” the feature debut of French star Sami Bouajila.

Bouajila starred in Bouchareb’s “Days of Glory,” which earned him and the cast an acting nod at Cannes, and “Outside the Law,” which also competed at Cannes and repped Algeria in the foreign-language Oscar race.

Project, based at Willa Marsh’s Sisters Under the Skin, was scripted by Zoe Galeron and Bouajila. The €3.8 million ($5 million) French-language adaptation of the British novel turns on adult half-sisters, Lili and Emma, who move back into the family home with their mother following the death of their father, much to the chagrin of their younger sister, Rose.